Hello?

We are all watching...sssshhhh

Sweet!

re: #2 Desert Dog

We are all watching...sssshhhh

This from a guy who's first name is "Desert"?

OMG, I'm watching the news and Michelle was speaking less than a half a mile away today.

/I feel tainted

Purtty picking.

re: #4 DesertSage

This from a guy who's first name is "Desert"?

You might be brothers!

re: #7 MandyManners

Different deserts, but like minded

The dog is my brother :')

re: #9 DesertSage

The dog is my brother :')

Mom always liked you more....

Excellent Charles.

you put some guitar greats on here.
no matter the mood, I can listen to some good playing like this...or blues riffs...and totally chill.

awesome.

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

There are more comments on this thread by people named Desert than anyone else combined !

re: #12 Onslow

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

"FREEEEEE BIIIIIIRRD!"

I'll listen to that as soon as I'm tired of listening to this. I'm on the third go-round. My mood must be rude.

re: #10 Desert Dog

Mom always liked you more....

Then why did she keep sticking my head in the freezer?

Tommy's always great.

Mr. Emmanuel has a nice grasp of that there guitar. It is always a joy to watch someone who makes it look effortless but sounds so good.

re: #12 Onslow

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

/would you settle for a world record attempt?

re: #19 Killian Bundy

Classic

re: #5 Killian Bundy

OMG, I'm watching the news and Michelle was speaking less than a half a mile away today.

/I feel tainted

Guard your pie....................

re: #12 Onslow

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

Another one of my fav axe handlers

Thanks Charles! I've been needing some Tommy.

To have this level of command over one's hands is simply amazing.

It spits in the face of communism's Weltanschauung.

wow my page is really messed up

anyone elses?

23 ggt 10/13/08 8:21:42 pm reply quote 0

Thanks Charles! I've been needing some Tommy.

24 MandyManners 10/13/08 8:22:14 pm reply quote 0

To have this level of command over one's hands is simply amazing.

It spits in the face of communism's Weltanschauung.

25 willowone 10/13/08 8:24:29 pm reply quote 0

wow my page is really messed up

re: #24 MandyManners

To have this level of command over one's hands is simply amazing..

You ought to see what i can do with a back massage. ;)

Damn it, where's mama winger?

Kitten Bill is now six months old, the size of a small raccoon, and five times more destructive.

/can we make his nuts go bye-bye yet?

re: #12 Onslow

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

There's a little Smoke on the Water in this one.

re: #25 willowone

No.

It spits in the face of communism's Weltanschauung.

That has "rotating title" written all over it.

re: #27 pat

*harumph*

re: #28 Killian Bundy

Damn it, where's mama winger?

Kitten Bill is now six months old, the size of a small raccoon, and five times more destructive.

/can we make his nuts go bye-bye yet?

I'm no mama winger, but my two lost theirs at five and a half months.

re: #28 Killian Bundy

Damn it, where's mama winger?

Kitten Bill is now six months old, the size of a small raccoon, and five times more destructive.

/can we make his nuts go bye-bye yet?

Oh, for fuck's sake, KB.

I just spewed some nice ethos water all over the place.

re: #23 ggt

Thanks Charles! I've been needing some Tommy.

Whenever I need some Tommy, I just pull up my Tommy station at pandora.

re: #34 MandyManners

I just spewed some nice ethos water all over the place.

Er, what is ethos water?

re: #28 Killian Bundy

/can we make his nuts go bye-bye yet?

Who's gonna give Kitten Bill the bad news? ;)

re: #35 Sharmuta

Strange, I don't realize I need some Tommy until Charles posts some.

Good thing we have Charles in Charge :0

re: #38 ggt

Strange, I don't realize I need some Tommy until Charles posts some.

Good thing we have Charles in Charge :0

And better our Charles than Scott Baio.

re: #33 wrenchwench

I'm no mama winger, but my two lost theirs at five and a half months.

/well then, it's time for him to meet Dr. Howe, the best feline surgeon on the planet

re: #33 wrenchwench

Yes, I think most vets will do it at 6 months.

Just make the call

re: #35 Sharmuta

Pandora is great, isn't it? I have it running all day at my office.....

re: #21 JacksonTn

Guard your pie....................

En garde! [Link: staff.lib.muohio.edu...]

re: #42 Desert Dog

Pandora is great, isn't it? I have it running all day at my office.....

Pandora's huge in my office! And I have it going at home a lot too.

since we're on guitars and players...

let's take it down home where it came from...

re: #29 cincinnati_kid37

Interesting

re: #36 Walter L. Newton

Er, what is ethos water?

Starkbutt's brand.

I've had this particular bottle for about four months. I've washed it in the dish-washer REPEATEDLY.

The bottle's integrity is still complete.

Dig the drummer.

A lizard and his (or her) kitteh.

re: #35 Sharmuta

Whenever I need some Tommy, I just pull up my Tommy station at pandora.

Thanks for the link to pandora. Hadn't heard of that.
Listening to The Platters right now.

re: #12 Onslow

How's his cover of "Smoke on the Water"?

OMG!
Does that bring back memories of my brother playing that over and over on his guitar with and amplifier.
We thought it was so frikkin cool!

Oh, thank you for this. What a gift at the end of a rather grim day.
When I was the right age I lived in Wichita and one of our favorite meet place was the Blue Moon.
I loved the song before that and I cannot remember a better rendition than this.
I usually just lurk but I had to comment on this.

Speaking of swinging, Herb Ellis and Eldon Shamblin together here on "There'll Never Be Another You." Western swing guitar apotheosis.....

Went to the pumpkin patch today. Got my annual supply of pumpkin butter, pumpkin dog treats and a wonderful creation called a pumpkin cake roll (sweet cream cheese rolled in).

I'd share, but I only got enuf for me and it's only open for a few years a year. Ya' know . . .

re: #15 wrenchwench

I'll listen to that as soon as I'm tired of listening to this. I'm on the third go-round. My mood must be rude.

My fav from the youtube entries for Stevie is this one

Well, it's floodin down in Texas....

This kid is 4 years old.

re: #47 MandyManners

Starkbutt's brand.

I've had this particular bottle for about four months. I've washed it in the dish-washer REPEATEDLY.

The bottle's integrity is still complete.

Huh?

re: #45 nightintheruts

A little hope the blues aren't lost on all the youth.

She was only a whiskey maker,
but he loved her still.

re: #22 Desert Dog

Another one of my fav axe handlers

Yes, but that's a metal song. It's best on electric guitar.

He gets better at 5 years old

re: #55 cincinnati_kid37

Oooh, thanks! I was gonna look for that one later!

re: #50 newsjunkie_ky

You're welcome! I'm always glad to turn others on to pandora.

Hey Cartman -- congratulations on the Browns!

re: #56 Oldasdirt

This kid is 4 years old.
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Matched grip to boot.

/I'm more than impress!

Good evening all y'all - really late tonight but had a lot of things to do this evening!
I see Charles has again made improvements here, though I don't know why he gives us a symbol next to the Strike, Bold and such that, after the Quote symbol, sorta looks like a one-fingered salute!

re: #66 Killian Bundy

Matched grip to boot.

/I'm more than impress!

Yes,,I think he is 6 now,,and I'm a drummer,,and he is amazing me.

Another hilarious goody from Iowahawk. HEY KIDS! REGISTER VOTERS WITH ACORN. Make sure you read the entry form.

Hey rw! How you doin' tonite?

Are we talking about young musicians? This kid is 12, playing one of the most demanding instruments on the planet.

re: #48 rawmuse

Dig the drummer.

LOL ... man can he keep the beat.

re: #35 Sharmuta

Whenever I need some Tommy, I just pull up my Tommy station at pandora.

Well that is very interesting.

FM is doomed.

re: #70 ggt Hey ggt, I was doing more or less ok, until the "football" game tonight, ya know the Browns vs. some junior college junior varsity team!
How are you doing?

folks, I'm exhausted.

weet dreams!

re: #59 Metal Man

A little hope the blues aren't lost on all the youth.

awesome!

We may all be learning the blues quickly after this election.

re: #74 realwest

exhausted and allergied out. I'm really going to sleep now.

have a great evening real!

re: #65 jwb7605

Hey Cartman -- congratulations on the Browns!

Thanks. It's a miracle, folks!

Fuck Obama

Kilroy was here.

Fanfare For the Common Man

/no guitars were touched during this cold, winter outdoor soundcheck

re: #78 Cartman
Don't even THINK about talking to me about the #*$^@ Browns!

hey real!

Alvin Lee

re: #82 Typicalwhitey
Hey Typicalwhitey! How are ya doing tonight?!

Great guitar! Great entertainer.....a certain "genuineness" (is that a word?)

re: #71 rawmuse

one of the most demanding instruments on the planet.

/barely comes with an instruction book, let alone keys, valves, or frets

re: #73 Syrah

Well that is very interesting.

FM is doomed.

LOL!

What I really like is giving the thumbs down to stuff I don't like. Then I never have to hear it again.

re: #74 realwest

Hey ggt, I was doing more or less ok, until the "football" game tonight, ya know the Browns vs. some junior college junior varsity team!
How are you doing?

Hey RW.. It's better to get that lose over with now..The pressure on the colts going undefeated throughout the year was way too much for any team to bear..Look at the pats last year..too much pressure..
The Giants are going to the Superbowl. ( barring injury of course )
It's not worth the spotlight of being the only undefeated Superbowl champ..24/7..

re: #81 realwest

I won't, R-Dubs...promise. It was a fluke, but we'll take it!

re: #63 wrenchwench

Oooh, thanks! I was gonna look for that one later!

My Pleasure. Tons of great Tommy out there, not enough Stevie Ray..

People that can do this always amaze me. I've mastered the coordination to master complex game ad other machine controls but have a complete tin ear. Love good music but pretty sure it's outside my abilities to play it just as much as to be an NFL receiver.

Can we take these peoples abilities and give them to the rest of us? I can make my own money but not my own music.

It's only fair:)

re: #84 realwest

Hey Typicalwhitey! How are ya doing tonight?!

Doing good and you?

re: #86 Killian Bundy

/barely comes with an instruction book, let alone keys, valves, or frets

/the seventh position is more art than science

I'm outta here, >but this might cheer you up. Or not.
(HT: Pajamas Media)

re: #88 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops - I'd take that spotlight ANYDAY! But not this year.
Damnit.
I didn't even watch - what did Eli do - through 4 interceptions? We lose MORE defensive players to injury?!

re: #89 Cartman
Thibbtt!
;')

re: #92 Typicalwhitey
Been better, been worse. Thanks for asking!

Nice.

I followed that up with some Joe Pass.

I can almost smell a new guitar case and lemon oil again.

Whoa a trifecta!

re: #95 realwest

Hey Hoops - I'd take that spotlight ANYDAY! But not this year.
Damnit.
I didn't even watch - what did Eli do - through 4 interceptions? We lose MORE defensive players to injury?!

I was in and out of the game..the browns came to play tonight..mostly watched baseball...Philly is winning..9th inning 7 to 5..

Hey Charles - I've heard you playing with Stanley Clark on the CD School Days and you play a pretty damn mean guitar yourself - how's about something you did?

re: #94 jwb7605

That is great!

re: #71 rawmuse

Are we talking about young musicians? This kid is 12, playing one of the most demanding instruments on the planet.

Wow ..... that kid is great .....

re: #86 Killian Bundy

/barely comes with an instruction book, let alone keys, valves, or frets

And yes, some trombones have valves.

/but that's really inside baseball

re: #71 rawmuse

Are we talking about young musicians? This kid is 12, playing one of the most demanding instruments on the planet.

Nice,very nice

re: #103 JacksonTn

He has got it all, poise, intonation, gorgeous tone.

re: #101 realwest

School Days! Nice.

re: #107 Gus 802 Yeppers, very nice! And Charles does do some fantastic playing!

Here's some home-grown blues for ya. Check out the dude playin' the harp. Good stuff!

re: #106 rawmuse
Oh sure, but what's he gonna sound like when his voice changes?! Er, uh, I meant........oh, nevermind.
Damn child prodigies!

re: #109 Cartman
Huh, not bad, not bad at all! Where'd they get that name, do ya know?

re: #80 Killian Bundy

Still my favorite from ELP - Lucky Man

re: #110 realwest

Not only that, but the drummers will still get the girls...

Saw a great 16 year old jazz trombonist, Natalie Cressman, sit in with Santana last night. Her dad, Jeff, has the trombone chair in the band. They live in Berkeley and I've seen them play a few times.

re: #108 realwest

Anything online? I used to listen to Clarke back when I was in my Fusion stage.

Charles played with Clarke?

re: #114 neocon hippie

She is a great talent. I've known them since before Natalie was born.

I'm thinkin' this dude can ease up on the 'roids.

re: #71 rawmuse

Are we talking about young musicians? This kid is 12, playing one of the most demanding instruments on the planet.

Sweet ...

Okay, this one blew me away.

A six year old girl, Emily Bear, who plays the piano and composes her one music. Here she is playing a piece she wrote with the Orlando Symphony Orchestra:

re: #115 Gus 802
Yup, some of Schooldays is on line but the video has a caption saying something about releasing for commercial use or some such.
Here, see for yourself:

re: #117 Racer X

I'm thinkin' this dude can ease up on the 'roids.

YUCK!

I just love to be under DDOS attack.

re: #101 realwest

Hey Charles - I've heard you playing with Stanley Clark on the CD School Days and you play a pretty damn mean guitar yourself - how's about something you did?

Hey, I bought that recently!

re: #117 Racer X

I'm thinkin' this dude can ease up on the 'roids.

That's the way we're all going to look in the future, when we're all super healthy thanks to better science!

re: #111 realwest

Huh, not bad, not bad at all! Where'd they get that name, do ya know?

I'm not sure. It's kinda like "Little Green Footballs". Nobody knows for sure, and they ain't tellin'. ;)

I grew up with those guys. They've been playin' blues in these parts for over 30 years.

Love the way Emmanuel is accompanying himself with a walking baseline and percussion.

This thumb is the rhythm section!

re: #117 Racer X
Hey there Racer X - that's photoshopped - if it was real he couldn't put his arm behind his head like that!

re: #115 Gus 802

Charles played with Clarke?

/maybe, the truth is out there on YouTube

re: #118 Archimedes

Very nice! Amazing young people.

Just spread the wealth around a little bit.

re: #126 realwest

Yes it is photoshopped.

Funny tho!

re: #122 J.D.
Hey hi there {J.D.} - how recently? I got mine about 3 years ago off Amazon!
Was I lying - isn't Charles just a FABULOUS guitarist?!

Charles, how's that fire treating you?

re: #119 realwest

That's him?! Wow, that's actually the version I remember listening to most of the time. That's kind of like a small world thing.

Wah-wah pedal and all. Tight.

The song for Nov 5th if things go to crap.

BBIAM!

Liberals think they are so smart when they try DDOS attacks.

I just forward their IPs to the FBI.

re: #60 itellu3times

She was only a whiskey maker,
but he loved her still.

She was pure as the driven snow,
but she drifted.

re: #132 Globular Cluster

Charles, how's that fire treating you?

Can't speak for him, but I'm about 15 miles south of the area of the fire (on the opposite end of the valley, really) and when I go outside, all I can smell is ash and smoke.

I wonder where Charles is located.

re: #90 cincinnati_kid37

My Pleasure. Tons of great Tommy out there, not enough Stevie Ray..

Uggh. I was at Alpine Valley the night SRV passed away. Worst night of my life. After all his drug and alcohol problems, Stevie had finally gotten his life together, and his music was never better...

Charles "Icarus" Johnson

Even listeners who find everything to do with fusion stupid will have to admit this guitarist was smart taking on a far-out nickname that results in many of his credits reading Charles "Icarus" Johnson. As long as the "Icarus" part is in there, it is easy to tell him apart from many other performers with the same name, including the famous guitarist and singer from the gospel group the Sensational Nightingales. Of course, the music itself is a further dead giveaway, the expression chosen in order to hint at a state the aforementioned listeners might rather find themselves in than listening to any of this Johnson's efforts.

Fans of fusion, on the other hand, will point at Johnson's hands and describe the searing lead guitar passages they have created since his tenure with Stanley Clarke from the mid-'70s onward. In addition, he has shown his versatility by adapting to the many demands of a bandleader such as vocalist Al Jarreau and has also played the band game as a member of Pages, an ensemble featuring Jarreau as well as a host of Los Angeles session hotshots. "Automatic" is one of the compositions Johnson co-wrote while flipping through Pages. A single anecdote pinpoints this artist's stature in the music business: he has the clout to borrow an amp from pianist George Duke for a gig. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

/I'm pretty sure he still get's his fair share of royalty checks

re: #126 realwest

Hey there Racer X - that's photoshopped - if it was real he couldn't put his arm behind his head like that!

Either his body expanded or his head shrunk. :)

Evening gang, dropping in late.
Any troll bits left on the BBQ?

re: #140 Killian Bundy
Hi Killian - yeah, I seem to remember when some Leftist hack referred to Charles as something less than a stellar musician, Charles said that he has two Platinum records and one Gold record on his wall - what's that hack got on his - a poster of Warhol's Soupcan?! LOL!

re: #140 Killian Bundy
Matter of fact, y'all can go here and learn even more about the multi-talented Charles: [Link: www.answers.com...]

Seeing Red on this one.....

The girl told deputies her mother disciplined her by restricting her water intake, and was primarily given toast to eat. She said she hadn't seen a doctor in several years.

She and her 12-year-old brother were taken from the home by Child Protective Services and the girl was admitted to Children's Hospital for treatment of severe malnutrition. She was in the hospital for two weeks.

During the investigation, investigators said they found the girl's mother restricted her water intake to about half of a small Dixie cup per day. The mother only let the girl shower every two or three weeks, and watched her during each shower and bathroom break to keep the girl from surreptitiously drinking water, Urquhart said. "She looked more like she was 8 or 9 years old. Clearly very, very malnourished," Urquhart said. "All of her teeth had to be either pulled or capped

Gee Charles, now that you're arguably one of the top web coders in the world, don't you regret all those years you wasted touring the planet with famous musicians in their prime?

/seriously, you need to write a book

re: #146 Killian Bundy

Gee Charles, now that you're arguably one of the top web coders in the world, don't you regret all those years you wasted touring the planet with famous musicians in their prime?

/seriously, you need to write a book

He needs to wait till technology allows for a throbbing cover.

re: #142 JCM

Evening gang, dropping in late.
Any troll bits left on the BBQ?

There was troll tonight? Damn I always miss them.

/well except for the nocturnal ones.

re: #144 realwest

Saw that before. There's also a Wiki entry for Charles.

Shows 1976 for School Days. I discovered fusion a couple of years later.

Another local boy makes good. A little Red House for ya.

re: #131 realwest

Hey hi there {J.D.} - how recently? I got mine about 3 years ago off Amazon!
Was I lying - isn't Charles just a FABULOUS guitarist?!

Oh yes, he is, {realwest}. Most certainly!

re: #131 realwest

Oh! I just got mine last year, btw.

re: #147 JCM

He needs to wait till technology allows for a throbbing cover.

/collaborate with Tammy Bruce and we could be talking the best political manifesto since Mao's Little Red Book

re: #148 BlueCanuck

There was troll tonight? Damn I always miss them.

/well except for the nocturnal ones.

I guess we go hungry.
I did chew on a juicy Chumpskyite co-worker today for a while. I've come to the conclusion, that enforced equality of outcome is there core value, not liberty. Basic words mean very different things, so we're not even arguing on the same sandlot.

re: #153 Killian Bundy

/collaborate with Tammy Bruce and we could be talking the best political manifesto since Mao's Little Red Book

LOL! A Lizard revolution would not be a bad thing.

re: #154 JCM

heh heh, the GF has a co-worker that's communist. Comes to me every now and then for help in crushing arguments. Not often though. She loved the Ronald Regan quote about communism though. Still giggles about it actually.

re: #155 JCM

LOL! A Lizard revolution would not be a bad thing.

For now, we're going to have to settle for a McCain revolution.

/and we've only got three weeks left to pull it off

re: #150 Cartman

Nice. Very well done, just like a Grumman Bearcat.

"There's a red house over yonder!"

re: #153 Killian Bundy
ROFL!
A truly multi-talented fellow is our Charles!

re: #156 BlueCanuck

heh heh, the GF has a co-worker that's communist. Comes to me every now and then for help in crushing arguments. Not often though. She loved the Ronald Regan quote about communism though. Still giggles about it actually.

In America you crush Communism.
In soviet Russia, Communism crushes you

Thank you, that was very smooooooth and soooooothing. Just what a soul needs to hear at the end of a long day. Thank you for posting that

Norb

re: #156 BlueCanuck

heh heh, the GF has a co-worker that's communist. Comes to me every now and then for help in crushing arguments. Not often though. She loved the Ronald Regan quote about communism though. Still giggles about it actually.

This same guy has tried to argue that the "Cold War" as a construct of the "industrial military complex" and all the "stories" (gulags, 100 million + dead) are propaganda to keep us in fear, so he war profiteers could get rich. Nothing to fear from communism says he.

I really quit trying for the most part at that point, where do you start deconstruction a world view like that?

re: #162 JCM

A .45 maybe?

/mutha****** was just too stupid to live. . . . . .

re: #145 JCM Ah geez JCM,
"Sheriff spokesman John Urquhart says the girl weighed only 48 pounds when contacted by deputies Friday, and had been given only little food and water for several years."
I can't say what I really feel about her "parents" out here or I'll get deleted and maybe banned, but I think you know what I mean.
Shit.

A Chrissy fit

Vote for Obama
McCain lacks the character and temperament to be president. And Palin is simply a disgrace.
By Christopher Hitchens

Socialism uber alles

re: #162 JCM

, where do you start deconstruction a world view like that?

In a Bar.

re: #164 realwest

Ah geez JCM,
"Sheriff spokesman John Urquhart says the girl weighed only 48 pounds when contacted by deputies Friday, and had been given only little food and water for several years."
I can't say what I really feel about her "parents" out here or I'll get deleted and maybe banned, but I think you know what I mean.
Shit.

I swear I wear my teeth done grinding my teeth reading stuff like that. I really can't think of "justice" in a case like that, what's fair? Rope dance is too good IMHO.

re: #166 shug

In a Bar.

His boss and and I tried that one night, I got nuthin' but hung over. We literally disproved every point, his boss made note and followed up with documentation. But he still clings to his beliefs.

re: #167 JCM

I swear I wear my teeth done grinding my teeth reading stuff like that. I really can't think of "justice" in a case like that, what's fair? Rope dance is too good IMHO.

Sometimes the punishment should fit the crime.

re: #162 JCM

This same guy has tried to argue that the "Cold War" as a construct of the "industrial military complex" and all the "stories" (gulags, 100 million + dead) are propaganda to keep us in fear, so he war profiteers could get rich. Nothing to fear from communism says he.

I really quit trying for the most part at that point, where do you start deconstruction a world view like that?

Kruschev's 1956 denunciation of Stalin is a good starting point, since it undermines the credibility of the propaganda to which this person has been exposed.

re: #165 solomonpanting

By Christopher Hitchens

/geez, how much alcohol went into that?

re: #170 Shiplord Kirel

Kruschev's 1956 denunciation of Stalin is a good starting point, since it undermines the credibility of the propaganda to which this person has been exposed.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

re: #168 JCM

His boss and and I tried that one night, I got nuthin' but hung over. We literally disproved every point, his boss made note and followed up with documentation. But he still clings to his beliefs.

I in no way meant for you to take that putz with you to the bar.

the only thing worse than a communist is a communist out on the town

Disappointed with Hitch but I can't say I'm all that surprised.

re: #162 JCM

This same guy has tried to argue that the "Cold War" as a construct of the "industrial military complex" and all the "stories" (gulags, 100 million + dead) are propaganda to keep us in fear, so he war profiteers could get rich. Nothing to fear from communism says he.

I really quit trying for the most part at that point, where do you start deconstruction a world view like that?

The denial of Communism's death toll is easier because the media ignored it but no different than Amadinnerjackets denial of the Holocaust.

But F##k the communist purges in the 30s and 40s and then Vietnam, Cambodia etc. how does it not rise into their consciousness.

re: #173 shug

I in no way meant for you to take that putz with you to the bar.

the only thing worse than a communist is a communist out on the town

Yeah, because they always want someone else to pick up the tab.

re: #165 solomonpanting
Well, ok, it is Slate after all, but still stuff like this:

Last week's so-called town-hall event showed Sen. John McCain to be someone suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical. And the only public events that have so far featured his absurd choice of running mate have shown her to be a deceiving and unscrupulous woman utterly unversed in any of the needful political discourses but easily trained to utter preposterous lies and to appeal to the basest element of her audience. McCain occasionally remembers to stress matters like honor and to disown innuendoes and slanders, but this only makes him look both more senile and more cynical, since it cannot (can it?) be other than his wish and design that he has engaged a deputy who does the innuendoes and slanders for him.

Would sorta indicate that perhaps Hitchens himself
is "suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical." especially when he has to be sober enough to type.

re: #171 Killian Bundy

/geez, how much alcohol went into that?

Perhaps he drank a Guinness Bar of World Records.

Why did John McCain pull out of Michigan? Maybe because Michigan is stuck on stupid

Michigan has become, under the last eight years of Democrat leadership, including representation at the state and federal levels, all of the following:

• 50th in the nation in personal income growth.

• 50th in the nation in its unemployment rate.

• 50th in the nation in employment growth.

• 50th in the nation in the Index of Economic Momentum.

Nightmare scenario: The economy will go into free-fall with Obama in office and rewarding the very people who caused the crisis in the first place. Economic collapse and unbridled left-wing thuggery will lead to chaos and possibly civil war.
With the US in disarray and Europeans feeling the pinch themselves, the neo-fascists will gain power over a wide swath of the Continent.

Not sure if this has been posted yet, or not, but...

A bozo with a monkey doll gets massive front-page news for days, and McCain supporters are dubbed "haters" -- but millionaire Obama supporter Larry Flynt can make a revolting X-rated pornographic film about Sarah Palin, and no one complains:

Nailin' Paylin -- Sarah Palin lookalike performs XXX sex acts on film.

But really, Republicans are the ones who are disrespectful.

Imagine, just imagine, if a Republican filmmaker make an X-rated porno film with a black porn actor portraying Obama. The entire mediasphere would explode in outrage.

But the reverse? Silence.

re: #171 Killian Bundy
Well given what his tolerance level must be by now, I'm thinking at least one, maybe two, quarts. I mean it's not only mean spirited, but it is rather poorly written too.

re: #179 shug

Why did John McCain pull out of Michigan? Maybe because Michigan is stuck on stupid

Michigan has become, under the last eight years of Democrat leadership, including representation at the state and federal levels, all of the following:

• 50th in the nation in personal income growth.

• 50th in the nation in its unemployment rate.

• 50th in the nation in employment growth.

• 50th in the nation in the Index of Economic Momentum.

/foothold of Islam in America, don't forget that, not like there's any positive correlation or anything

re: #177 realwest

Well, ok, it is Slate after all, but still stuff like this:

Would sorta indicate that perhaps Hitchens himself
is "suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical." especially when he has to be sober enough to type.

See #178.
Hic.....

re: #173 shug

I in no way meant for you to take that putz with you to the bar.

the only thing worse than a communist is a communist out on the town

LOL!

He's a pretty likable fellow in many ways, just his politics.

re: #181 zombie

Not sure if this has been posted yet, or not, but...

A bozo with a monkey doll gets massive front-page news for days, and McCain supporters are dubbed "haters" -- but millionaire Obama supporter Larry Flynt can make a revolting X-rated pornographic film about Sarah Palin, and no one complains:

Nailin' Paylin -- Sarah Palin lookalike performs XXX sex acts on film.

But really, Republicans are the ones who are disrespectful.

Imagine, just imagine, if a Republican filmmaker make an X-rated porno film with a black porn actor portraying Obama. The entire mediasphere would explode in outrage.

But the reverse? Silence.

What are you going to do about it?

/you have more media clout than most of the rest of us combined

re: #186 Killian Bundy

What are you going to do about it?

/you have more media clout than most of the rest of us combined

I'm working on it. (Not this news story specifically, but...). Look for a new zombietime posting tomorrow. I think it should make some waves!

re: #179 shug

Read a few comments there, some of them are trashing the Big Three. Unfortunately the Big 3 have been in decline for over 20 years. A good responsible government could have corrected a few of the problems in that time frame in respect to jobs.

re: #177 realwest

Well, ok, it is Slate after all, but still stuff like this:

Would sorta indicate that perhaps Hitchens himself
is "suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical." especially when he has to be sober enough to type.

All bets are off leading up to Nov 4. I suspect the more harsh stuff from the lefties is on the way. I thought the MSM couldn't dip any lower, but alas, never say never. I'm kind of wondering what the final jab will be....say.... in a week or so.

re: #180 Shiplord Kirel

Nightmare scenario: The economy will go into free-fall with Obama in office and rewarding the very people who caused the crisis in the first place. Economic collapse and unbridled left-wing thuggery will lead to chaos and possibly civil war.
With the US in disarray and Europeans feeling the pinch themselves, the neo-fascists will gain power over a wide swath of the Continent.

McCain wins: We buy Europe, and kick Islamofascist butt back to Mecca.

That sounds better.

Regardless of the outcome of this race the News Media, television and print, must pay for their utter disregard of fairness and truth.
Most conservatives have been aware of the slanted picture the News Media presents to the American public but it has gone beyond any reasonable bounds into the realm of propaganda and borders on treason.

THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY CONSERVATIVES.

A boycott of all purchased services provided by all of the Liberal News Media must begin immediately. Since the First Amendment disallows, with good reason, any restrictions on them by government, then it is up to the public to punish them for their blatant manipulation, through omission or commission, of the facts concerning all the candidates. They no longer should be given the benefit of the doubt and should be assumed to be lying in some manner about all of their "reporting". Anyone who disagrees should reexamine these past months and explain in what particular I am in error.

The audio-visual entertainment industry, either owners of or participants in the News Media, should also be part of this boycott. Their money, influence and other resources have been made available to the liberal left for many years now. They have become a consistent source of propaganda and lies concerning this country and conservatism. They must be deprived of as much of their profits as are accounted for by conservatives. We have given our enemies the resources to defeat us and destroy this country just as the buying foreign oil funds the terrorists and other enemies of this country.

Remind your family and friends of like-mind to do what they can to avoid putting anymore cash into the pocket of those who will destroy our way of life.

"A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left."
ecclesiastes 10:2

re: #181 zombie

What are his other publications that he puts out? Only way to vote against something like that is with a wallet.

re: #181 zombie

Not sure if this has been posted yet, or not, but...

A bozo with a monkey doll gets massive front-page news for days, and McCain supporters are dubbed "haters" -- but millionaire Obama supporter Larry Flynt can make a revolting X-rated pornographic film about Sarah Palin, and no one complains:

Nailin' Paylin -- Sarah Palin lookalike performs XXX sex acts on film.

But really, Republicans are the ones who are disrespectful.

Imagine, just imagine, if a Republican filmmaker make an X-rated porno film with a black porn actor portraying Obama. The entire mediasphere would explode in outrage.

But the reverse? Silence.

Disgusting, yet not surprising.
I don't blame the democrats. I don't blame the biased media.
I blame the millions of ignorant Americans who can't do their basic homework and get the truth. I blame the millions of shiftless Americans who vote Democrat because that's what their family does. I blame the fools who enable this.

but since you mentioned it.
I wonder what that Obama porno could be titled?

What's Mark Steyn calling this, the Cold Civil War?

That's about right.

re: #179 shug
Hey Shug - didja read the comments to that column?
They are absolutely hilarious!
Still and all, given that the Obama has decided to manifest his support for campaign finance reform by accepting contributions from tens of thousands of "Americans" (they were too, they checked off "I am an American Citizen") in Iran Syria, Gaza and Tunisia and by reneging on his promise to accept public financing, I would think that McCain could spend a few thousand bucks there - not with any hope of winning, but because "giving up" on Michigan sends a horrible message for his campaign.

Checkin' out for the night.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

re: #187 zombie

I'm working on it. (Not this news story specifically, but...). Look for a new zombietime posting tomorrow. I think it should make some waves!

Here's some background music.

/McCain suddenly lurched out of his campaign funeral slumber Monday

re: #192 BlueCanuck

What are his other publications that he puts out? Only way to vote against something like that is with a wallet.

The only one that I now about is called Hustler. He probably has others, though.

You shouldn't be buying Hustler just on general principles in any case, regardless of the publisher's politics.

Off to bed and I'll leave you with this sample page from AP.

Find the pro-McCain/Palin articles and the anti Obama/Biden ones.....I'll wait.

re: #191 jcw46

Regardless of the outcome of this race the News Media, television and print, must pay for their utter disregard of fairness and truth.
Most conservatives have been aware of the slanted picture the News Media presents to the American public but it has gone beyond any reasonable bounds into the realm of propaganda and borders on treason.

THEY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY CONSERVATIVES.

But, but, if you disagree with them or criticize them or take away their livelihood you are engaging in censorship and depriving them of their constitutional rights.
/garden variety moonbat

Meanwhile, on the Napa Valley front:
100+ Obama brownshirts supporters protest newspaper's endorsement of McCain.

Watergate has become the revisionist preference of so called American educators. From my understanding it takes up a good portion of history books today including “The Reagan Years.” In essence then the accepted academic norm is to instill a negative review of Republicans since the days of Watergate.

Given this, Republicans by way of Nixon has become the perennial straw man of the academic left that permeates our institutions today and subsequently the mores of youth today.

Christopher Hitchens

re: #194 Irene NYC
Hi Irene - well I for one pray it will remain a cold civil war but I suspect all bets are off the table about that if Obama wins - especially if he wins some true battleground states because of ACORN or ACORN type fraud.

Wonder what the Hair Do of the Ohio Secretary of State is? The media seemed obsessed with her Florida GOP counterpart.

zombie,

Glad to hear that all the buildings on Angel Island were saved.

Hitchens, an atheist who loves Black Theology. Useful idiot.

re: #181 zombie

Utterly tasteless, utterly predictable.

re: #203 realwest

Hi Irene - well I for one pray it will remain a cold civil war but I suspect all bets are off the table about that if Obama wins - especially if he wins some true battleground states because of ACORN or ACORN type fraud.

Evening real,

Thanks for posting the music link. I played it while washing the dishes.

Well, I think in my lifetime this civil war is going to heat up and ignite.

re: #197 Killian Bundy

Here's some background music.

/McCain suddenly lurched out of his campaign funeral slumber Monday

Nice! McCain's great speech only confirms my theory.

re: #209 zombie

Nice! McCain's great speech only confirms my theory.

Okay, zombie, don't keep us on pins and needles. What's your theory?
;)

re: #205 Irene NYC

zombie,

Glad to hear that all the buildings on Angel Island were saved.

Yeah, I thought that was the case -- from my vantage point last night (as I mentioned) it looked like they were all going to be spared.

Only half the island was incinerated -- not bad, considering what it looked like. I was thinking more like in the 70-75% range.

re: #208 Irene NYC
I'm afraid you're right about that - terribly afraid.
And pissed off at the Democratic Party could nominate someone who is persoanlly so totally unqualified to be POTUS and Leader of the Free World, but who, by his own choosing, hangs out with the likes of Wright, Ayers, ACORN and, of course, Michelle.
Just a total lack of judgement.

zombie,
Is there a way for me to link to individual pictures on zombietime?

re: #210 Irene NYC

Okay, zombie, don't keep us on pins and needles. What's your theory?
;)

Nothing too surprising for LGF readers -- my upcoming essay is really nothing more than an expansion on various themes that have cropped up in my comments here over the last month or so. I decided to just sit down, take some time, and craft them into a longer piece for the world at large to ponder.

re: #206 pat

Hitchens of course isn't exactly an atheist. He's an anti-theist. More than likely he fears Palin's past experience with Pentecostalism.

I certainly hope that Hitchens realizes that he is endorsing Diversity Inc. which in my estimation will lead to the local codification of Sharia-Like laws and their subsequent normalization.

Hitchens has a tendency towards cluelessness depending on his state and hedonistic intent.

re: #213 Winslow

zombie,
Is there a way for me to link to individual pictures on zombietime?

Yes. Just go to the page in question, and drag the photo you want to the address bar in the browser. You'll get a page with just that picture. Alternately, you can right-click or control-click on the picture and choose "Open image in new window" (or the equivalent for you browser).

re: #216 zombie

Thank you, Z.

re: #214 zombie

Looking forward to reading it. I hope you also address all the ACORN registration fraud.

I think campbell brown has lost her marbles

So what if Obama was Arab or Muslim? So what if John McCain was Arab or Muslim? Would it matter?

Yes it would Campbell.

When did that become a disqualifier for higher office in our country?

09-11-01

Silly girl.

re: #202 Gus 802

Christopher Hitchens

re: #206 pat

Hitchens, an atheist who loves Black Theology. Useful idiot.

re: #215 Gus 802

Hitchens of course isn't exactly an atheist. He's an anti-theist. More than likely he fears Palin's past experience with Pentecostalism.

I certainly hope that Hitchens realizes that he is endorsing Diversity Inc. which in my estimation will lead to the local codification of Sharia-Like laws and their subsequent normalization.

Hitchens has a tendency towards cluelessness depending on his state and hedonistic intent.

Hitchens really really pissed me off with his Obama endorsement this morning. Absolutely unforgiveable. Previously, I actually admired him (probably more than many people here) for his insights -- prior to today, at least. But he just flushed his credibility down the toilet with one column.

Tom Emmanuel? Isn't that the guy protecting Mahoney and his mistress scandal?

Unreal... New 8th Grade English Textbooks Now Contain 15 Page Section on Obama!

These are times that try the souls of men.
And thoughts turn to things like these.
Because, you never know.

re: #218 Irene NYC

Looking forward to reading it. I hope you also address all the ACORN registration fraud.

Sorry. Nope. My essay won't be about any particular news event or political fact, but about strategies and ideas.

re: #203 realwest

Hi Irene - well I for one pray it will remain a cold civil war but I suspect all bets are off the table about that if Obama wins - especially if he wins some true battleground states because of ACORN or ACORN type fraud.

I can just see a hastily armed force of media-conformist lefties laying siege to some anti-Obama enclave, perhaps one that is suspected of harboring fugitives like GW Bush and D Cheney.
This people's militia would arrive chanting and singing, spiffed out in new uniforms (Chebama t-shirt and BDU pants) and on fire with the righteous zeal of revolutionary change, but they would mutiny the first time they missed a mandatory bathroom break or had to go three days without Starbuck's. What they might actually do with their weapons doesn't bear thinking about. When faced with the inevitable disaster, their first impulse will be to call for a UN peacekeeping force but that will bring them another rude surprise.
To paraphrase Abe Lincoln, the combined armies and police forces of Eurabia could not fight their way from Galveston to Crawford in 100 years even if civilians were the only opposition.

re: #220 zombie

Hitchens really really pissed me off with his Obama endorsement this morning. Absolutely unforgiveable. Previously, I actually admired him (probably more than many people here) for his insights -- prior to today, at least. But he just flushed his credibility down the toilet with one column.

I never thought Hitchens would endorse McCain. First, because when all is said and done, he is a leftist. Second, he has always had deep feelings for his non-white brothers. Third, I think he's tired of being ignored by his old friends and receiving all the adulation that he did previously. It's hard to go from the tippity top of the heap to being scorned and ignored.

re: #224 zombie

Sorry. Nope. My essay won't be about any particular news event or political fact, but about strategies and ideas.

I thought ACORN was strategy, but whatever you write about will be a delight, as always, to read.

re: #162 JCM

This same guy has tried to argue that the "Cold War" as a construct of the "industrial military complex" and all the "stories" (gulags, 100 million + dead) are propaganda to keep us in fear, so he war profiteers could get rich. Nothing to fear from communism says he.

I really quit trying for the most part at that point, where do you start deconstruction a world view like that?

I have to think that this 'worldview' is just openly dishonest. On paper, forget in practice, Communism espouses the absolute need for wide spread murder of dissenters, even peaceful dissenters. It makes no bones about any other options. Communism's built in mechanism for dealing with the types of people that are given to gaming the system to get ahead, is murder.

The theory being that eventually you can kill enough entrepreneurial and opportunistic people that there just will not be any more. That eventually after enough institutionalised murder society will deliver a 'New Man'. Of course, Communism fails to address the kind of 'New Man' you will arrive at in this society built on a genocidal bloodlust directed against relatively common human behavior. Apparently he will be extremely self-sacrificing in regards to sharing the fruits of his labor with others to alleviate suffering from deprivation, but conversely find human suffering that derives from actual physical oppression and murder morally acceptable, or possibly even virtuous. Of course, no one ever accused Karl Marx of being a genius. Oh wait...

Where exactly do these peace loving Communists really think that the ideology goes? There is this common meme that 'Communism works on paper'. I guess it does if you are an idiot.

re: #225 Shiplord Kirel

To paraphrase Abe Lincoln, the combined armies and police forces of Eurabia could not fight their way from Galveston to Crawford in 100 years even if civilians were the only opposition.

Isn't the USA the only country in the world where the civilians are legally allowed to own all manners of firearms? That in itself should give any one pause for thought. . . . .

re: #222 gmsc

Unreal... New 8th Grade English Textbooks Now Contain 15 Page Section on Obama!

Un-freakin-credible.

Every single day, I encounter at least three election-related news stories that absolutely blow my mind. This is one of them. The Left has become a Juggernaut of Horror.

Got to put a steel rod in the spokes.

re: #119 realwest

Yup, some of Schooldays is on line but the video has a caption saying something about releasing for commercial use or some such.
Here, see for yourself: [Link: www.youtube.com...]
So you shoudn't play it, you know?!

I'm not really a jazz fan, and frankly I don't know what I'm hearing there (how many guitars are there? Which one is Charles?) but that is some funky shizzit.

re: #229 BlueCanuck

Isn't the USA the only country in the world where the civilians are legally allowed to own all manners of firearms? That in itself should give any one pause for thought. . . . .

Not really, we have all kinds of restrictions, especially in CA and NY.

re: #222 gmsc

Unreal... New 8th Grade English Textbooks Now Contain 15 Page Section on Obama!

These people live in a different dimension.

re: #228 Scion9

Everything works on paper. That's why engineers make mockups and prototypes. :)

My God, what is Ohio's problem?

Optical scanning ballots are the solution. FILL IN THE [EXPLETIVE DELETED] OVALS, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!

/any child who's taken the Iowa standardized tests over the last half century already knows that

re: #225 Shiplord Kirel

To paraphrase Abe Lincoln, the combined armies and police forces of Eurabia could not fight their way from Galveston to Crawford in 100 years even if civilians were the only opposition.

Great paraphrased quote!

But what was the original quote you were paraphrasing?

re: #230 zombie

Un-freakin-credible.

Every single day, I encounter at least three election-related news stories that absolutely blow my mind. This is one of them. The Left has become a Juggernaut of Horror.

Got to put a steel rod in the spokes.

I am out of school, thank G-d. I was in college in the northeast during the 2004 election and that was irritating enough, being packed in with scores of self-righteous Masshole Dems who were so SURE they were RIGHT about, like... Everything. Ugh. I can't imagine what it's like now, in college, or ANY kind of educational institution, for that matter.

If I never hear the word "Obama" ever again, it'll be too soon.

re: #220 zombie

My feelings exactly which is what motivated me to say that. Hitchens has proven that he is at the very least a feeble alley of even the least of conservative values. I suppose sometimes that the 911 Conservatives can only go thus far and Hitchens has proven that considering his pandering endorsement of Barack Obama on the questionable site, Slate. Over time I suspect that anyone can be corrupted and Hitchens has proven that he is corruptible.

Of all people I would expect to see Hitchens see the parallels between the Labour Party of the UK and Barack Obama. In the end he reverts to an analysis based on American popular culture and a blindness towards that which he pretends to espouse.

His book “God is Not Great” is simply boring. I believe that Hitchens only writes for himself and that mostly he just likes to hear himself speak. A charlatan indeed.

re: #232 rawmuse

Still think you guys have less restrictions then we do.

re: #225 Shiplord Kirel

:).......for some reason or another that is not a hard picture to imagine. And yes, the Starbucks is a must !

re: #223 rawmuse

These are times that try the souls of men.
And thoughts turn to things like these.
Because, you never know.

Can someone get this to Fox News or on Rush? This smacks so much of indoctrination. They aren't even trying to hide it now.

re: #235 Killian Bundy

My God, what is Ohio's problem?

Optical scanning ballots are the solution. FILL IN THE [EXPLETIVE DELETED] OVALS, IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!

/any child who's taken the Iowa standardized tests over the last half century already knows that

"Well for [expletive deleted]'s sake, sir, why don't you just tell me the name you intended?"

re: #228 Scion9

I had Israel Kirzner as an economic professor back in the day. He started off the course by writing a freedom line on the board. On the very left was communism on the very right capitalism with everything in between. He then superimposed on top of every economic system the level of individual liberty/freedom for each one. Needless to say, communism had total state coercion, even death matched up with it.

OMG, the Marxists in class went crazy. They were literally leaping out of their seats. I was actually scared at the reaction - it was the first time I saw students in class go berzerk.

re: #241 Price_of_Peace

PIMF Wrong link....

re: #239 BlueCanuck

Still think you guys have less restrictions then we do.

You would know. It is all I can do to keep up with the laws in the US. They are ever changing. At least we have a phrase in the Constitution that protects us. But as a civilian, we have lots of restrictions, 15 rounds, no full auto. Then, in CA. we have more, no pistol grip rifles, no bayonet lugs, no 50 cal anything. I may move one day soon.

re: #233 Archimedes

These people live in a different dimension.

This is the one that should get media attention. It should trouble any American that Messiah "worship" should be in textbooks.

Hitchens has disappointed me. I hate it when he goes off the deep end like this, and he's been doing it more and more often. I mean, PDS? This from a guy who defended religious voters after the Red State/Blue State fighting of 2004 ("Give me one of those Methodists any day of the week" was a quote I remember from him)?

Camille Paglia said Palin is great, and that's enough for me.

I think some columnists are looking at the writing on the wall, thinking of their careers, and suddenly converting overnight. "Well McCain sucks, Palin is a chillbilly, and Obama won't be so bad after all! Because he's smart and stuff!" Padding their entry into the party circuit for the next administration, I suppose.

re: #222 gmsc

Unreal... New 8th Grade English Textbooks Now Contain 15 Page Section on Obama!

Related details from the REAL DEBATE WISCONSIN site:

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!

My 8th grade son is in an advanced English class at a public middle school here in Racine, Wisconsin. I just found out that my son's new (copyright 2008) Wisconsin - McDougal Littell Literature book has 15 pages covering Barack Obama.

I was shocked - No John McCain, no Hillary Clinton, no George Bush - Just Barack Obama. I'm wondering how it is that Obama's story gets put into an 8th grade literature book? It would be one thing, if it was just the tidbit about his boyhood days, but 15 pages, and they talk about his "Life of Service". Honestly, what has Obama really done to be included in this book? Not only that, but on page 847 there is a photo of Obama at the 2004 Democratic Convention with at least 8 Obama signs in the background! Front & center is an [Link: www.obama2004.com...] sign.

Now I understand that many teachers are liberals, but does the school have the right to shove Obama down our kid's throats? All the kids grouped together and read the story. After that, they discussed it... I guess it appears that Obama is planning ahead. If he doesn't get his coveted Presidency, Obama is going to make sure, that the younger generations know all about him, and his "life of service".

If you would like to see the 15 page story on Obama, it appears that you can order this book online. There is a note in the book that says, For more on Barack Obama, visit the Literature Center at [Link: www.ClassZone.com...] The book is: Wisconsin - 8th grade - McDougal Littell Literature - copyright 2008. The Obama story starts on page 830. I hope you will take the time to look at this book. I'm really angry about this - In fact, I would love to rip the pages right out of this book.

By the way, you might find this interesting: I did a little checking on McDougal Littell, and it appears that MCDOUGAL, ALFRED L CHICAGO , IL 60611 - N/A/RETIRED has been making contributions to Barack Obama's campaign!

I found that information on this website.
[Link: www.newsmeat.com...]
Now I'm not an expert at these things (just a PTA mom), but It looks to me like Alfred McDougal is connected to McDougal Littell the same company that publishes the 8th grade textbook that has 15 pages on Obama. Like I said, I'm not an expert, but I'm sure you have someone who can delve into the dirty little details.

I guess my question is: Is it ethical for an Obama supporter to publish an educational book which has a 15 page Barrack Obama story in it? If the tax payers are paying for these books, why is it okay for McDougal Littell to promote Obama? This really bothers me. I would have no problem with it, if Obama had actually done something important. Why is Obama being put up on a pedestal, before he actually wins the pedestal? All I can say, is we can thank the liberal media, and now the liberal book publishers. Thanks to them, I'm sure there are probably thousands of these books all across the United States.

re: #248 gmsc

*sigh* The left has been doing this shit for ages. English books, math books, whatever. Everything is looked upon as a means to spread their message. But, I must say that this time they've outdone themselves. (Probably only had 1 page on George Washington.)

re: #230 zombie

Un-freakin-credible.

Every single day, I encounter at least three election-related news stories that absolutely blow my mind. This is one of them. The Left has become a Juggernaut of Horror.

Got to put a steel rod in the spokes.

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

/frankly, IMO, I believe they're a much greater threat to America, by several orders of magnitude. than the "walking with dinosaurs" cretins

re: #225 Shiplord Kirel
As humourous as your post was, it's still depressing to me to think of another American Civil War.
Just too depressing.

re: #247 Pawn of the Oppressor

Hitchens has disappointed me. I hate it when he goes off the deep end like this, and he's been doing it more and more often. I mean, PDS? This from a guy who defended religious voters after the Red State/Blue State fighting of 2004 ("Give me one of those Methodists any day of the week" was a quote I remember from him)?

Camille Paglia said Palin is great, and that's enough for me.

I think some columnists are looking at the writing on the wall, thinking of their careers, and suddenly converting overnight. "Well McCain sucks, Palin is a chillbilly, and Obama won't be so bad after all! Because he's smart and stuff!" Padding their entry into the party circuit for the next administration, I suppose.

Hitchens strikes me as a free agent, going to the tune of his own drummer. He's out to please no one. He's very wrong on this one, however.

re: #245 rawmuse

Here's a short description of unrestricted, restricted, and prohibited firearms in Canada.

re: #229 BlueCanuck

Isn't the USA the only country in the world where the civilians are legally allowed to own all manners of firearms? That in itself should give any one pause for thought. . . . .

Not "any manner" but there are more than enough to do the job. It is illegal to own a machine gun, for instance, but this can still be done by paying a $300 fee and registering the weapon.
Lefties are preparing a major push against privately-held firearms, targeting not the guns themselves but their ammunition. They advocate prohibitive taxes, impractical technical requirements, and selective application of consumer safety regulations to shut off the supply of ammo to those wicked gun-clinging right-wingers out here.
Unfortunately for would-be leftist enforcers, there is a great deal they don't understand about this. Suffice to say that most serious gun owners can re-load fired cartridges and many can make their own bullets. A small percentage (but still a very significant number) have the tools and know-how to manufacture ammunition and even guns from scratch in clandestine workshops. Guns and ammunition are not rocket science, it is a venerable technology, and the knowledge of that technology is ubiquitous in this part of the world.

Well all y'all it's been interesting again tonight but I gotta get some sleep NOW!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.

Good night, all.

Good night, real!

Night realwest, weet dreams to you.

re: #250 Killian Bundy

NEA Teachers Have Become Re-Educators

/frankly, IMO, I believe they're a much greater threat to America, by several orders of magnitude. than the "walking with dinosaurs" cretins

America is undergoing a major realignment right now, top to bottom. And I think that by the time the thrashing is done, one of the institutions to be jettisoned will be the heavy unions.

re: #255 realwest

Well all y'all it's been interesting again tonight but I gotta get some sleep NOW!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.

Good night, all.

G'Night realwest!